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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which novel character does Styron compare himself with?
(a) Emma Bovary from "Madame Bovary."
(b) Rhett Butler from "Gone With the Wind."
(c) Captain Ahab from "Moby Dick."
(d) Lennie from "Of Mice and Men."

2. What is a probable reason that Styron's doctor or family don't suggest hospitalization for him?
(a) He gets angry whenever they approach the subject.
(b) The social stigma and the fact that mental illness is not tangible or visible.
(c) They don't think it would help him.
(d) They don't know he was that bad.

3. What effect does the failure of medicines to act quickly have on the depressed person?
(a) It keeps them in a state of anxiety and hopelessness.
(b) They get better even though the medicines don't work.
(c) Many of them commit suicide.
(d) They give up and do something different.

4. What happens to Styron's speech as he becomes more depressed?
(a) It slows to a halting rate.
(b) It becomes very rapid.
(c) Nothing happens to his speech.
(d) He is unable to make certain sounds.

5. What is so frustrating about depression for artists, musicians, and scientists?
(a) It affects many of their families.
(b) The inability to explain and convey it to others who haven't had it.
(c) Frequent hospitalizations with their depresion interrupts their lives.
(d) It interferes with their work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third stage of psychological development in depression?

2. From Job to Styron's day, he says artists and writers have been trying to do what?

3. What does he think about art therapy?

4. How did Lincoln attempt to vanquish death due to his own hand?

5. What three brand-name items does Styron use to destroy his diary?

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